Zenon Evans: Connections, Hype, Lurk in School Drug Testing

Every single student at three
high schools in Cleveland, Ohio—about 2,770 teenagers in total—will
be subject to hair follicle drug testing when they return to
the classroom this fall, courtesy of Psychemedics Corp.
Administrators from the schools made the announcement this
week, insisting that their primary concern is the welfare of
students at these private, Catholic schools. However, writes Zenon
Evans, this claim warrants some scrutiny, since it’s backed up by
weak evidence, the testing puts kids at new risks, and the
principal of one of the schools happens to be the brother of
Psychemedics CEO. 

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